Posted on Saturday, 20th February 2010 by Maritzia
I came across this YouTube video via Fire Dog Lake. The song was inspired by the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case that drastically opens up the rights of corporations, giving many of the rights of persons, an absolutely terrible decision in my opinion. Listen to the song, because it’s a good one.
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Posted on Wednesday, 18th February 2009 by Maritzia
No, I’m not talking about one of those silent whistles that only dogs can hear. According to the WikiPedia, a dog-whistle is a type of political campaigning or speechmaking employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has a different or more specific meaning for a targeted subgroup of [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd January 2009 by Maritzia
My message to Michelle Obama: Dear Ms. Obama, Thank you! As a woman, I know how much it means to move to the top ranks in a job. I know how much you are sacrificing for your husband to be able to lead this country. Professionally, you’ve given up pretty much everything. I know that [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd January 2009 by Maritzia
“I made the hard decisions.” Those were the words of our not-so-esteemed Former President. They’ve been going around in my head in the last week, and I finally was able to put my finger on why they annoyed me so much (more than his words usually do, I mean). It’s because he didn’t make “the [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th January 2009 by Maritzia
May all the Gods and Goddesses bless President Obama and his administration. I was at work this morning, so I was only able to watch his speech via streaming video. We tried about 5 different websites before we finally found CBS responding. Everyone else was overloaded, so I missed the swearing in. Every time the [...]
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Posted on Friday, 9th January 2009 by Maritzia
Renee over at Womanist Musings shared some (not very nice) comments about her blog today. I was rather flabbergasted at what some folks had to say. I journeyed over to the forum where the comments were posted (I won’t link such people here), and of course, the people who posted these comments were very white. [...]
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Posted on Monday, 8th December 2008 by Maritzia
During the last year, I’ve taken to reading several feminist blogs. I’ve always considered myself to be a feminist, but I’ve never really been active in feminist circles. These last two years, as I’ve become more active politically, I’ve been introduced to a lot of the feminist blogs that I’m now reading. One of the [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 4th November 2008 by Maritzia
Today’s the day. If you haven’t voted already, get out and do your patriotic duty! I don’t know what to do with myself today. I’m excited, nervous, hopeful, scared…. I wish I could afford to take time off my job to work the polls. I can’t though, so I’ll just keep thinking hopeful thoughts all [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 23rd October 2008 by Maritzia
Every election year I come across someone supporting a flat tax plan. The way a flat tax works is everyone pays a flat tax on their gross income without any deductions, usually around 10%. On the surface, it sounds really nice. It simplifies the tax code, makes filing really easy, and everyone pays their fair [...]
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Posted on Friday, 17th October 2008 by Maritzia
The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) filed a brief in the US District Court on Thursday challenging the constitutionality of the retroactive telecom immunity passed by Congress earlier this year. The EFF argues that the act violated the Constitution’s seperation of powers and deprives Telecom users of their rights by allowing the government to spy on [...]
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